Musk has predicted the network will be able to go live in the mid-2020s once about 800 satellites have been launched. The network will eventually consist of around 12,000 satellites that would deliver 1Gbps speeds to users on Earth.

Musk warned that “much will likely go wrong” on the first mission and that for “moderate” coverage, SpaceX would need 12 successful missions with about 60 satellites each to total 760 satellites.

This week’s launch won’t become part of the actual Starlink mesh network. While the 60 satellites are production design, as Spacenews reports, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell last week said they were still demonstration satellites that are missing the equipment to link up as a mesh network.